Comet Yard, Castle Street
History of Comet Yard
Comet Yard, Castle Street, annotated composite map from c.1885
1871
James Taverner, 48, bricklayer, b Cambridge
Blanch, 41, b Cambridge
Jane, 10, b Cambridge
(1)
Samuel Kirbyshire, 36, b Cambridge
Louisa, 22, b Little Shelford
Albert James, 2, b Cambridge
(2)
John Chapman, 68, labourer, b Quy
Mary Ann, 66, b Quy
John, 37, brickmaker, b Quy
(2)
Henry Wilderspin, 23, labourer, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 23, b Cambridge
Henry, 2, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 6mos, b Cambridge
(3)
William Brewster, 28, sawyer, b Camb
Mary Ann, 28, b Bow London
George William, 3, b Shadwell London
George was adopted by his brother William. George died while working as a chimney sweep’s boy in 1875 at Fulbourn Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
George Brewster, copy of death certificate
(4)
George Offley, 42, labourer, b Cambridge
Ann, 41, b Cambridge
Jane, 11, b Cambridge
Dann, 10, errand boy, b Cambridge
John, 5, b Cambridge
Katty, 3, b Cambridge
Alfred, 14 mos, b Cambridge
1881
(1)
William Bell, 37, labourer, b Cambridge
(2)
William Thorp Gray, 38, bricklayer, b Cambridge
(3)
Mary Stally, 59, b Ely
(4)
Frederick Patman, 30, labourer, b London
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